This ClipArt gallery offers 243 illustrations of charges that would typically be seen in heraldry. A charge is any image, normally an animal, person, or plant, that is on the shield of a coat of arms.
"The Quatrefoil is a piercing or panel divided by cusps or foliations into four leaves, or more correctly…
"The quatrefoil is four-leaved grass; a frequent bearing in coat-armor."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart,…
"Azure, a pale, or, radient. RADIENT. Any charge having rays or beams about it." -Hall, 1862
"Azure, a ray of the sun issuing out of the dexter corner of the escutcheon. The lines on each side…
"Azure, a rose argent, barbed, and seeded proper. BARBED. Bearded. It is also applied to roses." -Hall,…
"Seventh Son, the ROSE. The differences used by armorists at the present time are nine in number. They…
"Bezant, Or. BESANT, or BEZANT. Gold coin of Byzantium; when they appear in a coat of arms their colour…
"Golpe, purpure. GOLPS. Roundlets of a purple tincture. The colour is not stated, as the name denotes…
"Guzes, sanguine. In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or balls used in…
"Hurts, Azure. HURTS. Blue roundlets: the colour is expressed in the name; therefore the tincture is…
"Orange, tenne. In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or balls used in Armory,…
"Pellet, sable. In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or balls used in Armory,…
"Plate, Argent. In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or balls used in Armory,…
"Pomeis, vert. In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or balls used in Armory,…
"Torteaux, gules. In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or balls used in…
"Or, three torteaux in bend. IN BEND. Figures placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to…
"Five roundlets; two, one, two, in saltier. When there are many figures of the same species borne in…
"Five roundlets; one, three, one, or in cross. When there are many figures of the same species borne…
"Four roundlets, two over two. Some armorists call them cantoned as they form a square figure. When…
"Six roundlets; two, two, two, paleway. When there are many figures of the same species borne in coats…
"Six roundlets; three, two, one, in pile. When there are many figures of the same species borne in coats…
"Three roundlets, two over one; if the single roundlet had been at the top, it would have been called…
"Three roundlets in bend. They might also be placed in fess, chief, base, or in pale. When there are…
"The two roundlets are arranged in pale, but they may appear in chief or base. When there are many figures…
"The two roundlets are arranged in pale, but they may appear in ... fess. When there are many figures…
"A griffin rampant, segreant, gules. SEGREANT. This term is used to describe a griffin displaying its…
"When several charges appear in one shield, the number in each row is generally indicated - as, 'three,…
"Argent, a serpent nowed proper. NOWED. This word signifies tied or knotted, and is applied to serpents,…
"Argent, a serpent crowned, or, vorant a (person). VORANT. Swallowing or devouring: any animal, in a…
"A description of cross, with the ends or extremities bent at right angles."—Avelin, 1891
"IMBUED. Weapons spotted with blood are said to be imbued. The example shows a spearhead imbued." -Hall,…
"Argent, a stag at gaze proper. GAZE. An intent look. This is said of a deer standing still, and turning…
"Argent, a stag lodged, proper, attired, or. ATTIRED. When the horns of a stag are of a different tincture…
"Argent, a stag's head caboshed, proper. CABOCHED or CABOSHED. Beasts' heads borne without any part…
"LODGED. A stag sitting on the ground with its head erect, is said to be lodged." -Hall, 1862
"Argent, a stag proper, tripping. TRIPPING. The motion of deer, between running and walking." -Hall,…
Hart at Gaze. The deer standing at gaze (facing the viewer) shows the statant guardant attitude of a…
"Azure, a sun in its splendour. SOL, or THE SUN IN ITS SPLENDOUR. The sun is said to be in its splendour…
"A swan's head erased at the neck, ducally gorged or. GORGED. Any animals, particularly birds, that…
"Argent, a sword proper couped, hilted or. HILTED. The handle of a sword tinctured." -Hall, 1862
"Gules, a sword erect in pale, argent, surmounted by two keys, saltier, or. SURMOUNTED. A figure or…
"Argent, three swords in pile, their points towards the base. IN PILE. Arms or other charges that are…
"Argent, a talbot's head erased, semé of billets. TALBOT. A dog formerly used for hunting. It…
"Gules, three towers embattled argent. BATTLEMENTS. Divisions or apertures on the top of castle walls…
"Argent, a pile, azure, issuing from the chief between two others, transposed. TRANSPOSED. Charges or…
"Vert, two triangles braced, argent. BRACED. Two figures of the same form, interlacing each other."…
"TURRETED. A wall or castle having small turrets. In the annexed example the square tower has circular…
"Azure, three unicorns' heads proper, erased, horned or. HORNED. This term is used to denote that the…
"Argent, three dexter arms, vambraced, couped. VAMBRACED. Armour for the arms." -Hall, 1862
"Vert, a bordure argent, verdoy, of trefoils. VERDOY. A bordure charged with eight leaves." -Hall, 1862
Voided, in heraldry, a term applied to a charge or ordinary pierced through, or having the inner part…